Russell Allgor, chief scientist for Worldwide Operations at Amazon and INFORMS member, shares how the people who work in Amazon’s fulfillment centers work with the systems guided by artificial intelligence and machine learning to deliver customer orders in the most efficient way possible.
INFORMS President Ramayya Krishnan shares how AI and automation are impacting the workforce. In particular, he addresses fears of job replacement by automation, stating, "What we have to remember is that a job is a role that consists of a bundle of tasks, so a job itself won't be replaced but some of the tasks may be."
INFORMS member Gah-Yi Ban has recently published a TEDx Talk on “The power and perils of algorithms” in which she discusses the role of algorithms in our lives and how we can shape their role in the future.
The increasing number of travelers choosing to fly, especially during the travel heavy summer season, has lead to longer lines at airport security, even for TSA PreCheck passengers. Sheldon Jacobson, INFORMS Fellow and Founder Professor in Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, discusses how the TSA can better utilize the guidelines and procedures established by the PreCheck, and encourage more travelers to enroll, to accommodate new changes in airport security and increase screening effectiveness.
As the amount of content and advertising exponentially increases, product placement can still be an effective way to reach consumers. According to new research from the INFORMS journal Marketing Science, verbal product placements have the most success at driving online engagement around a brand. Luxury brands including BMW, Land Rover and Shangri-La have previously used product placement in television and film to get consumers' attention.
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